Industry Engagement Awards

$500 – 2 student recipients & 1 SAITSA club/year

Impact Statement (250 words max)

Context

SAIT prides itself on developing partnerships with business and industry leaders that provide opportunities to students beyond SAIT, Calgary, and even Canada. SAITSA sees the value of these relationships, and recognizes that students play an important role in the success and continuity of new and established industry relationships with SAIT. This award, established in 2016, rewards individual students and clubs who demonstrate outstanding involvement with industry in Calgary and beyond. The recipients of this award demonstrate that their desire to engage with industry went beyond self-interests and focused on the SAIT student community as a whole.

Application Criteria – Individual

In a short impact statement applicants are asked to demonstrate how they have engaged with business or industry in the current academic year and how their engagement has/will positively impact students.

Students must also indicate what their continuity/succession plan is to ensure momentum of the relationship will not cease when the student graduates.

Quantifiable information, such as a list of events held, number of participants/attendees, number of SAIT students with placements at that place of business, etc. will be taken into consideration.

Contact information of partnering industries/individuals is required to confirm relationship.

Application Criteria – Club

The Club President must be the one to submit the application form; the Club President must indicate in a short impact statement how their club has engaged with business or industry in the current academic year and how their engagement has/will positively impact students.

The Club President must also indicate what the club’s continuity/succession plan is to ensure momentum of the relationship will not cease after this academic year.

Quantifiable information, such as a list of events held, number of participants/attendees, number of SAIT students with placements at that place of business, etc. will be taken into consideration.

Contact information of partnering industries/business is required to confirm relationship.

Selection Criteria

The recipients of this award will be those who have clearly demonstrated how they engaged with industry and what the results of those relationships were.

Preference will be given to those who demonstrate a continuity/succession plan.

The Awards Selection Committee will select the two individual student recipients, and the SAITSA Clubs Coordinator will select the Club recipient.

Industry Engagement Award Application Form

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 11:59 PM FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Please note that any personal information included within this application form will not be given to sources outside the SAIT Students' Association.

SAITSA Executives and full-time staff are not eligible for SAITSA Awards.